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Use Up B.U.S. Update May 2015



I have listed the items by categories that, if I run out, I would repurchase (i.e., body moisturizers are different from face moisturizers)  

You can see that the new system of a simple inventory list is much easier to instantly see what I have.  The old system (below) made it very difficult to know if I needed to buy something or already had 3 of them in my stash.


New System
B.U.S. Inventory- May 2015






BEFORE (too complicated!)
B.U.S. Inventory- July 2014 

Shower Body Products
2 x Caress Passionate Spell Body Wash
Bliss Blood Orange Body Wash
Philosophy Hazelnut Espesso Body Wash
Bliss Blood Orange Sugar Scrub
Trader Joe's Lavender Salt Scrub
Yardley Oatmeal & Almond Soap

Hair Shower Products
Vatika Olive Hair Oil
Suave Almond & Shea Butter Shampoo and Infusion Conditioner
2 x Shimmering Lights Brunette & Red Shampoo 16 oz
Suave Almond & Shea Butter Condition
Loreal Triple Resist Shampoo
Loreal Triple Resist Conditioner 1.7 fl oz
Giovannie Brazilian Keratin & Argan Oil shampoo
Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Conditioner
Coconut Oil Deep Repair Masque
Hair Chemist Macadamia Oil Deep Repair Masque
Garnier Fructis Triple Nurtition 3 minute Conditioner

After Shower Hair Products
Paul Mitchell Leave In Conditioner 33.8 oz
5 x Paul Mitchell Freeze & Shine Super Spray 33.5 oz
Perfect Purity Extra Hold Volumizing Mousse
April Hair Mousse
Motions Foaming Wrap Lotion
Tresemme #4 Mousse
2 x Loreal Boost It High Life Creation Spray
2 x Loreal Boost It Blow Out Heatspray
Garnier Fructis Style Putty
Beyond The Zone Wax It Up
Garnier Fructis Marvelous Oil Deep Nourish
Not Your Mother's Clean Freak Dry Shampoo


Face Products
2 x ROC Retinol Deep Wrinkle Night Cream 
Roc  MAX Resurfacing Facial Cleanser
ROC Daily Resurfacing Disks Cleansing Pads
2 x Aloe Vera & Vitamin E Baby Oil
2 x Loreal Go 360 Clean Deep Cleanser
St Ives Apricot Scrub
Garnier Smoothing Cream Cleanser
Olay Regenerist Night Resurfacing Elixer
Olay Regenerist Micro Sculpting Serum
Loreal Youth Code Texture Perfector


Moisturizers
St Ives Skin Renewing Collagen Body Lotion
St Ives Coconut Milk & Orchid Extract Moisturizing Spray
Vaseline Cocoa Radiant Lotion
Bliss Blood Orange Body Butter Moisture Cream
St Ives Timelss Skin Collagen Moisturizer
Neutrogena Make Up Cleanser
CeraVe PM Facial Moisturizer
YES to Carrots Moisturizer
YES to Cucumbers soothing Moisturizer
YES to Cucumbers Soothing Eye Gel
Eucerin Q10 Anti Wrinkle Cream
2 x Trader Joe's Moisturizing Cream



Elle's Life May



Here are a few snippets of my month that I didn't share in my May Favorites video.

Liv with her Dad, right after a particularly intense chemo treatment this month.

Thankfully, in between treatments she is a regular teenager! Hockey season is finished so, Olivia is in baseball.  They had a tournament last weekend took the gold! (look hard and you will see the red arrows in the pictures pointing to Olivia)


Olivia at Grandma's house doing her homework.


We went away to California for the Memorial Day Long Weekend and had a glorious time.  We ate so many decadent fabulous meals. I am still dreaming about this Chicken Chili Relleno - yum!



We definitely splurged.  Here is one of our lunches.  I got fish and chips with ranch for the fries (hey, if you are going to be bad, you might as well go all the way lol!)

Mark got a chicken sandwich also with a side of ranch for his fries.


I was quasi good by having a Shrimp Wrap for lunch



and an amazing Oriental Shrimp Salad for dinner.
Note to self: do not get cholesterol checked right after a long weekend lol!



We  normally hit 100 in mid May so it is amazing that it waited until so late in the month.  That being said, I love the heat as well as going in the pool so I won't complain.

I hope that everyone had a fabulous month of May!